Colby Pearce has been a Steve Hogg Certified expert bike fitter for the past 10 years and has worked with elite athletes and WorldTour teams, including EF Education First. He is also an elite cycling coach and has been passing along his wisdom to the riders he coaches for decades. Pearce’s repertoire of knowledge spans 30 years, five continents, hundreds of races, and countless miles in the saddle. The minutiae of cycling and riding technique are just part of the story that Colby shares. Alignment with nature, foundational principles of health, and treating the sport as a practice are some of the philosophies he shares. Cycling in Alignment features a diverse guest list, including those who may or may not be familiar names in the cycling world. Prepare to have your belief systems shattered.
Episodes
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Tea & Entropy - Ep94
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Tea & Entropy - Ep94
This episode of Cycling in Alignment is a conversation with Molly Baron and Sasha Cucci from Entropy Designs. They have teamed up to create amazing custom paint jobs for bicycles, and have recently completed a Japanese themed paint layout on my custom carbon Appleman road bike.
We talk about the genesis of this project and how Molly has come to believe that her art belongs in the world and on the complex and nuanced canvas of a bicycle frame.
We also discuss the process of challenge and growth that Molly and Sasha went through in order to bring this painting business to life. They spent approximately 150 hours painting my Appleman, which included using indigo powder imported from Japan to create the blue hues, as well as real gold leaf. They also built a paint booth and coated the frame with diamond-hard Cerakote to protect the artwork during real world use. This bike won’t be a mantle or museum bike, it will be on the road climbing mountains and rocketing down hills, negotiating the black ribbon.
Together, Molly and Sasha make a gifted team that delivers a unique and beautiful product. Are you someone who would like the vision of a truly talented artist to transform your bike into a functional, durable work of art? If so, Entropy Designs is worth your investigation.
Links:
Entropy Designs on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entropy_designs/
Entropy Designs Website: https://www.entropy-designs.com/
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Kevin Sprouse: The Second Simplicity - Ep93
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Kevin Sprouse: The Second Simplicity
This episode of Cycling in Alignment is with Team EF Easy Post doctor Kevin Sprouse. He interviewed me on his podcast channel, The Podium. Kevin asks me some great questions about bike fitting, and even though Kevin is a doctor, and a way faster runner than I am, he has also done a bit of bike fitting. So it’s more of a two-way conversation in some senses.
To wrap up the discussion, we discuss the contact points of your Victorian Era Contraption.
Thanks for listening. Please share this episode with someone if you think they will benefit from it.
Links:
Link 1: https://www.podiumsportsmed.com/kevin-sprouse
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Kenny Baker, Listen to Understand - Ep92
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Kenny Baker, Listen to Understand
This conversation for the Cycling in Alignment podcast is with Chek Practioner, RAAM competitor, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and ELDOA / SOMA practitioner Kenny Baker. Kenny owns a studio in Tennesee, 51 Fitness, where he works to help clients heal themselves of pain and dysfunction. We speak about our relationship to racing as master’s athletes, and our somewhat parallel paths in the sport of cycling and holistic coaching, and Kenny talks about meeting the client where they are by becoming the “hollow bone”.
Links:
Kenny's Website: https://www.51fitness.org
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Michael Holt, Savage and Saint - Ep91
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Episode 91 of Cycling in Alignment has nothing to do with cycling, and everything to do with cycling. Because how you do something is how you do everything.
Michael is a meditation instructor, martial artist, and sage. He brings the wisdom of the Mastery of Self to his students, in mental, physical, and spiritual domains. Michael leads by example as part of his instructive practice, and truly walks the walk of his own teachings.
Michael has an excellent six-part mediation class he taught online, it is free. The link to this class is in the bio, and in the show notes. For anyone who would like to experience Michael’s teachings, or who wants an excellent pathway to begin meditation, this course is highly recommended.
I hope you enjoy our discourse.
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Links:
6 part meditation series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIeRtRkxvQ8&t=85s
Micheal's Website: https://savageandsaint.com
Tribe Men's Community Website: https://www.tribemenscommunity.com
Michaels' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Savageandsaint/
Tribe Means Community Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tribemenscommunity/
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Dr. Vince - Ep90
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Episode 90 of Cycling in Alignment is with Doctor of Chiropractic, Bike Fitter, and Inventor of the Infinity Saddle, Dr. Vince Marcel. Dr. Vince has a clinic in El Segundo, California where he treats patients and also performs bike fitting services. In this discussion, we talk about some of the alternative methods Dr. Vince uses to help return his clients to a state of optimal health, including blood analysis and other methods. We also discuss some of his observations on how visceral health can impact a rider’s position on the saddle. He shares some gems you are not likely to have heard before. I really enjoyed my time working with Dr. Vince and I am sure you will benefit from our discussion.
Links:
Dr. Vince --->
301 Main Street
Elsegundo, CA 90245
Infinity Bike Seat --->
https://www.instagram.com/infinitybikeseat/
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Oval Rings, Internal Knowledge and External Power - Ep89
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
This is a solo car pod, recorded in a deep meditative trance brought about by the desert landscape of southern California. Or, something along those lines…in this soliloquy, I give a non-scientific analysis of oval chainrings, and I connect this discussion to a topic that pervades modern sport, and life: the seeking of external expertise. What am I talking about? Find out in episode 89 of Cycling in Alignment.
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Todd Plymale-Mallory: Mind Body Soul Mechanic - Ep88
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Todd Plymale-Mallory: Mind Body Soul Mechanic - Ep88
Today’s conversation is with acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist Todd Plymale-Mallory. Todd has been in the cycling and sports world as a practitioner and participant for many years. Today we discuss some of our philosophies on the relationship of athletics to life and how Chinese medicine relates to this topic. It’s a conversation that wanders into the weeds at times, and these are good weeds to wander into.
Links:
Todd's Website: https://www.toddplymalemallory.com/about
Todd's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tplymal/
MBS Medicinals Website: https://mbsmedicinals.com/
Charlie Merrill's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliemerrill/
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Upper Cross Syndrome and Cycling - Ep87
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
This solo pod is about how Upper Cross Syndrome and Cycling magnify each other. I unpack what Upper Cross is, why you should care, and offer some things you can do about it.
“If you have a breathing dysfunction, you have a core dysfunction.”
“Every day you ride your bike, you should do postural corrections.”
“The more aerodynamic you are trying to be on a bike, the more likely it is that cycling is multiplying your Upper Cross postural distortions.”
I get on a bit of a roll and lay down some pretty solid statements on how we have to offset the posture that cycling puts us into. I also made this artwork to go along with my feelings on the topic.
Images coming soon...
Links:
Ep59: The Significance of Core in the Biomechanical Model:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cwesm-10e6c8f
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Nathan Haas: I Am Not a Bike Racer - Ep86
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
This episode of Cycling in Alignment is a conversation with gravel superstar Nathan Haas. It is technically a CARPOD, as we are driving to Steamboat, Colorado for the latest stop on Nathan’s calendarNathan explains why FTP is stupid, and what he means when he says he is not a bike racer.
We also talk about Nathan’s relationship with his sponsors, including Colnago and Castelli, and how the project came together to make five new kits to match five new bikes for him to ride this season. It’s a showcase of the abilities of Colnago to paint gorgeous bikes, and for Castelli to make perfectly matching, gorgeous kits, while both platforms can enjoy a canvas unencumbered by logo placements or design restrictions typically found when working with an athlete of Nathan’s caliber. Have a look at the photos below for shots of kits one through four. Number five will be revealed at UCI Gravel Worlds later this year.
Nathan’s insight for each of the Jerseys
Jersey 1: The Full Circle - Inspired by my phases of cycling, this jersey is to tell a story of my journey so far, from MTB, to Road to now beginning on gravel.
The radar that links to the center of the jersey has drawn each phase, staring with the outermost circle (part circle) being my MTB career, the middle circle, the biggest of them the Road career, and the small red slither, the start of a circle is my time on gravel
The texture dots in the jersey are actually an illustration of all my race days in all sports, with certain dots being in colors representing either wins, podiums, team mate wins or special races like the TDF and world championships.
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Jersey 2: Kansas- Art Decor. We looked at Kansas and asked, what is it famous for? Nothing really.
But we loved the state flag colors and thought it would be a fun way to bring back the art decor era of colnago and their Master olympic bike.
The jersey was built around the bike, in the colors of the state flag with the state motto on. Plus, we called the jersey, the Wizard of Aus. Great pun.
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Jersey 3: DOPAMINE - Designed to be raced in Iceland against the grey scale of the black earth and grey skies, Dopamine was to be the excitatory neuron of the race.
Inspired yet again by the full circle concept, as my season had begun to build and my time in gravel, so too have the circles changed. This is a variation of the circles in motion.
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Jersey 4: PURPLE RAIN - Again another variation of circles, this time, in the form of blurred color droplets that cause a blur throughout the jersey to give a fluid effect, whilst staying true to the full circle philosophy. It's all a story building and evolving.
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Don’t forget to go to https://cycling.endurobearings.com your exclusive Enduro Bearings discount code mentioned in the episode.
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Binary Decisions -Ep85
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Space Monkeys, today I talk about the concept of binary decisions and how they can be used in your planning of race tactics. These are “cutting tools” that are best used in the context of Perspective and Presence.
Ones and Zeros are the most fundamental elements of how we have boundaries and tension in the world. In relationship, they are how we negotiate what we want vs what someone else wants. Once this concept is understood, it can make relating to other people simpler.